Men's Basketball

Cambridge, Mass.-- UMBC men’s basketball will have a
pair of home games featured on ESPN3 as the America East Conference
unveiled its basketball television package for the 2013-14 season
on Tuesday.

The Retrievers will be featured on Monday, Jan. 20 when they
host 2013 regular season champions Stony Brook and on Wednesday,
Feb. 8 when they entertain Albany, the 2013 tournament champions.
The game against the Seawolves, on Martin Luther King, Jr.
Day, will tip at 2:00 p.m., while the contest versus Albany gets
underway at 7:00 p.m.

Twenty-six of UMBC’s 29 regular season games and all
post-season action will be broadcast by WQLL (AM1370/FM 99.9) and
streamed live via www.q1370.com. Gary Stein and Paul
Mittermeier return to call all the action of 2013-14 Retriever
basketball.

Moreover, Mittermeier will host the Aki Thomas UMBC Basketball
Show, which will air every Thursday from 7:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. on
WQLL/www.q1370.com. The series begins on Thursday, Nov. 5.

For the seventh consecutive year, all UMBC home basketball games
will be streamed live on www.umbcretrievers.tv. The new America
East TV will provide free streaming service for games at the sites
of all conference institutions.

On Sunday,March 2, the final day of the regular season, America
East will produce a wild card game featuring the league’s
most intriguing matchup. Possibilities for that ESPN3 broadcast
include: Albany at Stony Brook, UMBC at Hartford, New Hampshire at
Maine and Vermont at Binghamton.

ESPN3 is ESPN’s signature broadband sports network and
online home for live sports as part of WatchESPN. The service is
accessible on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app,
through ESPN on Xbox LIVE and on Apple TV.